Garment-supporting slide for wardrobes.



G. L.; FROST. GARMENT SUPPORTING SLIDE FOR WARDROBBR APPLIUATION FILED AUG.23, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910.

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CHARLES L.- FROST, 0F GRAND RAPIDs, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT SUPPORTING SLTDE FOR WARDROBES.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. F ROST, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporting Slides for lVardrobes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in garment supporting slides for wardrobes, and its object is to produce a simple, cheap, and satisfactory device for the purpose, having various new and useful features as hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out. in the claims.

My device consists essentially of a single channel bar, a single movable bar slidable in the channel of the same, clips attached to said channel bar and adapted to be attached to a support in a wardrobe, one of said clips being extended downward and carrying a roller to support the front end of the movable bar, the rear end of the bar being recessed and provided with a roller in said recess, hangers attached to the respective ends of the bar, and a rod carried by the said hangers, as will more fully appear by reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 the same on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 the same on the line H of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 a horizontal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6 a front elevation of the device, Figs. 2 to 6 being enlarged.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents a strip of ordinary channel bar.

2 is a plain fiat bar rectangular in cross section, and of slightly less dimensions than the channel of the bar 1 and longitudinally movable therein.

3 is a U-shaped clip attached to the bar 1, embracing the same, and having outwardly turned upper ends 4 perforated for screws, whereby the same may be attached to the under side of any suitable support in a wardrobe. 5 is a similar clip also attached to the channel bar 1 and having an outwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 23, 1909.

Patented May 3, 1910. Serial No. 514,182.

turned upper end 6 perforated in like manner for like purpose. This clip 5 embraces the channel bar 1 and fiat bar 2, and thus serves to retain the flat bar in the channel, and also extends downward beneath the bar 2 to receive a roller 7 journaled therein and located directly beneath the bar 2 to support the same, the lower flange of the channel bar 1 being cut away to afford space for this roller 7, which carries the front of the bar 2. This bar 2 at the rear is recessed at the end in which recess is a roller 8 adapted to freely traverse between the flanges of the channel bar 1 and carry the inner end of the bar 2, being journaled on a stud 16 therein for this purpose. Near the rear end of the bar 2 is attached a hanger 9 folded in channel shape and extending below the channel bar 1 a suitable distance to support the rear end of a rod 10 spaced apart below the clip 5 a suiiicient distance to permit hooks thereon to pass the clip. The sides 9 of the hanger are prolonged upward and embrace the channel bar and fiat bar, one of which is attached to the flat bar and the other serves to retain the flat bar in the channel. The rear end of this rod 10 is inserted in an opening in the hanger 9 and provided with a shoulder and nut 11 to secure the same in place. The front end of said rod is supported by a fiat hanger 12 secured to the front end of the bar 2 by screws 17 and attached to the front end of the rod 10 by a screw 14, and also extended below the same to form a handle 13. ghe screws 18 also secure the hanger 9 to the I am thus able to provide a very simple and satisfactory device upon which garments may be supported and moved into and out of the wardrobe.

I am aware that channel bars and flat bars movable therein, the latter supporting a rod to carry garments, are not broadly new.

What I claim is 1. A garment support for wardrobes consisting of a single channel bar having a channel, in one vertical side only, a flat bar slidable in said channel, means for supporting the channel bar in a wardrobe, and means for suspending garment hangers below the sliding bar and supported thereby.

2. A garment support for wardrobes comprising a single channel bar having a channel in one vertical side only, a single flat bar longitudinally movable in said channel, clips attached to the channel bar and adapted to be secured in a wardrobe, one of said clips embracing both bars and retaining the fiat bar in the channel bar, a hanger attached to the rear of the flat bar and movably embracing the channel bar to retain the flat bar in the channel, and a rod suspended below the flat bar and supported thereby.

3. A garment support for wardrobes, co1n prising a channel bar having a single channel in one of its vertical sides only, a flat bar longitudinally movable in the said channel, means for supporting the channel bar in a wardrobe, means for retaining the flat bar in the channel, a roller supported beneath the outer end of the channel bar and supporting the flat bar, a roller on the inner end of the fiat bar traversing the said channel, and a rod suspended from the flat bar and carried thereby.

at. A garment support for wardrobes, comprising a bar having a channel in one side only, a flat bar longitudinally movable in said channel, clips secured to the respective ends of the channel bar and having outwardly turned upper ends perforated for screws, the clip at the outer end of the channel bar also being extended downward beneath the front end of the same, a roller journaled in the said clip and carrying the flat bar, a roller on the inner end of the fiat bar traversing the channel of the channel bar, hangers attached to the respective ends of the flat bar and extending downward therefrom, and a rod supported by said hangers.

5. A garment support for wardrobes, comprising a channel bar having a channel in one side only, clips attached to the respective ends of the channel bar and having outwardly turned upper ends perforated for screws, said channel bar having the lower flange cut away at the front end and said clip extended downward below the same, a roller ournaled in the lower part of the clip and carrying the flat bar, the flat bar also having a recess in its rear end, a roller in the said recess adapted to traverse the said channel and ournaled on a stud fixed in the fiat bar, hangers attached to the respective ends of the fiat bar and extending downward therefrom, and a rod supported by said hangers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. FROST.

Witnesses:

H. O. VAN ANTwERr, MINNIE JOHNSON. 

